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During the autumn harvest, the wind and rain was good. The rice piled up in the courtyard. Taking advantage of the beautiful weather, and since there hadn’t been rain for several days, they spread the rice out to dry in the sun before storing it in the granary.
For the villagers, there was no happier time than this moment.
Lin Lixuan’s paddy fields and dry lands produced thousands of catties of grain. This included rice, glutinous rice, soybeans, peanuts, purple potatoes, and sweet potatoes…The baskets and baskets of soybeans were enough to supply tofu for the store for the year.
His family couldn’t store that much food. Luckily, there were a few empty houses on the barren hills. Those wooden houses would become their warehouses.
Harvesting so much grain was within Lin Lixuan’s expectations, but what surprised him was the fruit trees in the barren mountain. These trees had only been there for a year. He thought he wouldn’t be able to harvest fruit this year, but he didn’t expect that the hundreds of fruit trees had a scattering of fruit.
Lychee, logan…He didn’t think about those. There was nothing growing on those trees. They were no different from the wild trees on the side of the road. Lin Lixuan’s desire for each lychee was bursting like a bubble. What made Lin Lixuan feel relieved was that those mango and banana trees had borne fruit.
Although the fruit on the fruit trees weren’t very good-looking, the taste wasn’t very good either, and the size was small, the banana tree still had a few dozen catties of bananas. There were hundreds of catties in total, but there were only a few catties that could be eaten. Most were very sour. People couldn’t eat them.
The mango was so sour and bitter. This made Lin Lixuan suspect if this yellow and flat fruit in his hand was even a mango at all. Why was it like this?
It was comparable to traditional Chinese medicine.
Seeing these fruits, Lin Lixuan was very excited. In any case, they produced fruit, so he had to pick them. He didn’t want to put in that effort, so he asked the villagers of Jade Creek Village to pick them. They could also eat as much as they wanted for free.
If they could eat this sour and astringent fruit, he would admire them. fruit
Not long after he said this, someone immediately slapped him in the face. Someone really did eat it.
The children of Jade Creek Village were very interested in the bananas on the tree. Although the banana was sour and astringent, it also had a sweet flavor. As long as it was sweet, they liked it. It was much better than the wild fruits they used to eat.
It was just a little sour, but they could bear it.
Once they had this sour thing in their mouth, it was a little addicting.
It was more drool-worthy than sweet fruits.
Ger Yan tore off the green and yellow banana and took a bite of the flesh. The sourness made his eyebrows frown, then the sweetness with the wisp of stringency made his brows relax. Without noticing it, the entire banana was eaten. He couldn’t help but take another one.
The half-human high basket was filled with bunches of bananas. Like a handful of small fans piled up, they were half-green, half-yellow. These bananas weren’t big. one by one, like small crescents, they weren’t bigger than a man’s palm.
His arm reached into the basket full of bananas. He held a small banana and was about to pull it hard, but his wrist was grabbed. Ger Yan was startled, but he wasn’t a thief, so why was he scared? He raised his head to take a look and a familiar face came into view.
Lin Lixuan’s handsome face had on a gentle smile. “Ger Yan, why are you taking the ones from over here? The bananas over there are better and more sweet.”
Ger Yan looked at his magnificent handsome face. The light in the room was gray. It was just the two of them. There was a hint of an ambiguous aura around them. Although they were already husbands, when he saw Lin Lixuan sometimes, his heart still beat faster.
Compared to when he and Lin Lixuan first got married, he got a lot darker. His facial features were even more handsome than before. Even the eldest aunt who once laughed at him in Jade Creek Village for being a scholar with a little pale face, couldn’t help but look back at L when he passed.
Lin Lixuan would never be naked in front of outsiders, and he wouldn’t be shirtless like thos men from the village. So only Ger Yan knew that the once thin figure who was all bones had grown into a strong man with muscles this year. When sleeping at night, Ger Yan liked to put his hands on the other’s chest.
“I like the sour ones.” After Ger Yan said this, a hint of crimson climbed onto his face. Lin Lixuan couldn’t see it in the dim light.
“Oh? You like the sour ones?” Lin Lixuan’s voice was mixed with a hint of laughter. Ger Yan couldn’t help but explain, “The sourness stimulates appetite.”
“My Ger Yan still needs his appetite stimulated?” With a pair of smiling eyes, he looked Ger Yan up and down.
The gaze seemed to say: You’re already capable of eating. If your appetite gets bigger, will you swallow all the food for the family of four?
“…”
Compared to last year, Ger Yan seemed to have gained a lot of weight. And he accepted Lin Lixuan’s various feedings without restraint too. Even if he was born with a small skeleton, and even if he wasn’t considered chuddy and outsiders couldn’t see anything when he wore clothes, Lin Lixuan knew Ger Yan had a bulging little belly that hid all the soft fat.
Every night, Lin Lixuan would place his hand on his belly and whisper to him, “This is my private collection.”
At this moment, Ger Yan was like a cat whose tail was grabbed. The fluff of his entire body exploded. He angrily said that he wouldn’t eat in the future. He would go on a diet.
But his diet never lasted.
It was all because Lin-dage placed delicious food in front of him. If he didn’t eat it, he felt bad for his love.
Ger Yan himself also felt that he was becoming more squishy. He endured his hunger for years in the past, so why wouldn’t he restrain himself and eat less now?
He wasn’t going to become a fatty.
Every time he had such an idea, Lin-dage would smile and hold him in his arms to comfort him with a gentle voice. “Don’t worry. Even if you become a fat ball, I’ll still like you.”
…This was why he had the courage to eat his fill.
Ger Yan also made this excuse. It was because their family sold food. They also planted a mountain of fruit trees that bore countless fruits. See? Just like those owners who sold pork and opened a restaurant, didn’t they all have a big belly? It was normal for him to be like this…
It wasn’t strange!
If this was normal, then why didn’t Lin-dage have a small belly?
Lin-dage sometimes joked with him,” Because my share also grows on you.”
Ger Yan didn’t believe him.
Ger Yan opened the green banana peel in his hand. The yellow flesh popped out. Before he could move his mouth, the majestic body beside him hugged him from behind. He lowered his head and took a bite of the banana. Lin Lixuan frowned. “It’s so sour. It’s also a bit astringent. It makes my tongue feel numb.”
“If you knew it’ll be sour, then why did you take a bite?” Although Ger Yan was making fun of him, he still went to the side Lin Lixuan spoke about before. He took a banana that was much softer than the one in his hand and handed it to Lin Lixuan. “If you want to eat one, eat it here.”
He had been with Lin Lixuan for a long time. Ger Yan knew the other party didn’t like sour foods.
“You think this is delicious too? Why are you like the children from the village…?” Lin Lixuan really couldn’t understand why they liked to eat such sour fruits.
“Lin-dage, it’s just that you’re afraid of sour things…” Ger Yan silently told the truth.
Lin Lixuan was reluctant to admit this. He thought for a while and guessed, “Ger Yan, are you pregnant?”
“…” Ger Yan’s expression turned a little gloomy. However, for this matter, it was no longer a taboo. He would not be alone and depressed now. He told Lin Lixuan in a loud voice, “If I really am with child, I won’t eat as many bananas in one go…”
“Lin-dage, if you’re joking about this, I’ll be angry.” Ger Yan looked at him with accusatory eyes.
Lin Lixuan raised his hand to apologize. “I said the wrong thing.” He lowered his head and leaned to Ger Yan’s ear and kissed him on the cheek, then said, “There’s so many bananas. I want to sell them in the store tomorrow. Ger Yan, do you want to see if this sour and astringent fruit can be sold?”
Ger Yan slightly turned his face. HIs delicate face was unobstructed. His skin was becoming more and more delicate. Lin Lixuan especially loved how it felt under his hand. He raised him with his own hands, and he was becoming even fatter than the little pig at home.
“How are we betting?”
“We’ll bet if they’ll sell out or not. I don’t think people will buy them. They don’t taste good…”
“It’s not bad. It’ll definitely sell out!”
“Mn, then let’s bet. If it can’t be sold, I will. If it sells, you win. Whoever loses will have to agree to a promise to the winner.”
Ger Yan didn’t know why, it was probably because he had hit his head, but he actually agreed to Lin Lixuan’s request. And so their bet began.
In Lin Lixuan’s eyes, the sour and astringent bananas and mangos were neatly placed in the store. He propped himself on the counter with one hand and watched the passersby walking outside in a daze.
He didn’t have the slightest intention of soliciting customers for his new products.
As a result, even if he didn’t take the initiative to introduce the products to others, they still came to ask about it.
“Boss, I’m here for a catty of tofu. Hey, you’re selling something new?” A regular customer came in and asked.
Lin Lixuan didn’t raise his eyes and replied without thinking, “Mn.”
The man grinned and said, “How much for a catty?”
“Two wen for three catties.” The price of such an unpalatable fruit was very cheap. With Lin Lixuan’s conscience, he couldn’t price it too high.
“Okay,” the man said. He held a handful of bananas and said, “Here, weigh it.”
“…”
Before the customer left, Lin Lixuan kindly reminded him. “These home-grown bananas are a little sour.” It was fine if he didn’t sell it. He was a sincere businessman. Where could you find a fruit merchant like him in the modern times who would honestly tell his customers that his fruit was sour.
“Hehe. I’ll buy it and have a taste.” The man smiled and showed Lin Lixuan a mouthful of white teeth.
Lin Lixuan said inside his heart: You, hehe. You’ll probably be “hehe-ing” after you eat it.
Herd mentality killed. Once someone broke the dam, the others jumped into the pit one after another.
There were more and more customers like this, and he inexplicably sold them all. Lin Lixuan couldn’t help but be suspicious: Were the customers in his store that curious?
He thought to himself: The customers must have bought it because it looked fresh. When they tasted it, they wouldn’t return for more.
